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1. Grab the Pondering with a Purpose Badge (in her sidebar)
2. Look at the week's prompt
3.
Post something on your blog that relates to the prompt - it can be a
story, a poem, a picture -- anything you want it to be.
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This Week's prompt:
Leash
When I think of the word leash, I immediately get a picture of my dog, Kimmy in my head. I pick up the leash and she turns into a "puppy." She prances, she dances, she can't wait to get to the door! I'm not real good at walking her during the winter months but I try to when it's warm out. It doesn't take long for her to expect to go for a walk every night. Normally she's a dog who comes in every night, demands her treat (a hot dog), takes it and goes right back outside. Not once she thinks there may be a walk coming. She comes in the garage door and heads straight for the kitchen door. I reach for the leash and she starts prancing.
I've seen people "leash" their kids and I'm just not sure how I feel about that. I understand the thought behind it but somehow it just seems wrong to me.
Sometimes I have to put a leash on my mouth or get a leash on my anger - but I don't think of the word that way very often. In fact, I had to consult wikipedia this morning to see some more meanings and here are some that I didn't know:
Among hunters, a collection of three hares ("a brace and a half" or tierce) or three creatures of any kind, especially greyhounds, foxes, and deer, is called "a leash".
Key leashes and lanyards are used to keep the keys attached to handbags.
So there you have it - I learned something today!
I too checked the dictionary for meanings and examples. We think the same.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know that..... and I don't often think of a key leash....
ReplyDeleteBTW - Trixy does the same thing about walking..only she sits right next to me and starts whining and then dances... She has even gotten to the point where she will hold her own leash.
Thanks for pondering with me
My dog loves to see me get the leash. She sits while I snap it on and then its happy time to the door. I have leashed my kids when they were small. I started when one of them got away from me at the State Fair. I was in panic mode until security finally found her.
ReplyDeleteI had to go to the dictionary too -- but it still a hard post.
ReplyDeleteAll I could think of was dogs, but I don't have one. despite the daily pleadings of my children. LOL
My dogs go bonkers when they see the leashes come out, too. I never even thought about putting a leash on my mouth. :/
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